when i was a boy
when i was a boy, i was a fragile boy who shattered in the slightest breeze my storms came quickly and violently and even on the sunniest days, the clouds still...
Month: May 2019
The Day is Not as Hopeless as it Seems
As in the fading of my childish dreams, When trees bore fruit of sorrows grim, The day is not as hopeless as it seems. All that yearning filling sloppy reams, B...
broken men crawled down the wires
broken men crawled down the wires that weave that were woven labyrinthine overhead bloated shadows of yesterday’s dream dissolving until there are only wi...
Men and Abortion
Emboldened by the placement of two Conservative justices on the Supreme Court, state legislatures have begun racing to become the test case for overturning the ...
An Open Letter to Tomorrow’s Men
Current and future sons of America, we have failed you. Two weeks ago, a white man entered a college classroom and started shooting. Another man, Riley Howell, ...
Are We Men, Or Are We People?
I used to think the solution to toxic masculinity was to rebuild the traditional gender binary in a healthy way. Now I’m not so sure. On the one hand, I don’t k...
What Giving Felons the Right to Vote Says About Us
Should incarcerated felons be allowed to vote? Vermont Senator and Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders set off a firestorm recently by stating an unequivocal,...